The Baltic International Fish Survey Working Group (WGBIFS) plans, coordinates, and implements demersal trawl surveys and hydroacoustic surveys in the Baltic Sea including the Baltic International Acoustic Survey (BIAS), the Baltic Acoustic Spring Survey (BASS), and the Baltic International Trawl Surveys (BITS) in the 1st and 4th quarter on an annual basis. The group compiles results from these surveys and provides the herring, sprat, cod and flatfish abundance indices for the Baltic Fisheries Assessment Working Group (WGBFAS) to use as tuning fleets.
History
Published under the auspices of the following ICES Steering Group or Committee
SCICOM/ACOM
EOSG
Published under the auspices of the following ICES Expert Group or Strategic Initiative
WGBIFS
Series
ICES Scientific Reports
Volume
3
Issue
80
Contributors (Editors)
Olavi Kaljuste; Elor Sepp
Contributors (Authors)
Viktoriia Amosova; Henrik Degel; Tenno Drevs; Elena Fedotova; Haase Stefanie; Olavi Kaljuste Anastasiia Karpushevskaia; Cecilia Kvaavik; Niklas Larson; Juha Lilja; Olof Lövgren; Colin Millar Periklis Panagiotidis; Hjalte Parner; Maris Plikshs; Jukka Pönni; Krzysztof Radtke; Matthias Schaber Beata Schmidt; Elor Sepp; Vladimir Severin; Ivo Sics; Vaishav Soni; Marijus Spegys; Guntars Strods Anders Svenson; Inna Trufanova; Andrés Velasco
ISSN
2618-1371
Recommended citation
ICES. 2021. ICES Working Group on Baltic International Fish Survey (WGBIFS). ICES Scientific Reports. 3:80. 490 pp. https://doi.org/10.17895/ices.pub.824